Watercolours by William and Thomas Daniell at Grosvenor Gallery
Arriving in Madras in the second week of November 1792, William Daniell (1769-1837) and his uncle Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) – creators of a successful series of aquatints depicting the subcontinent – sought out fellow artist Robert Home (1752-1834).
Home had been the only professional artist present during the Third Mysore War of 1790-92 and had …